Although in-flight fires originating in personal electronic devices are relatively rare, they often attract a good deal of attention and motivate operators to be prepared for the possibility. With that in mind, Industrial Energy Products (IEP) has been offering a growing array of fire-containment bags to the business aviation industry since 2009.
Intended to protect aircraft and passengers from the threat of possible thermal runaway incidents arising from malfunctions in the battery packs of rechargeable personal electronic devices, IEP’s “Hot-Stop L Fire Containment Bags” come in several sizes: laptop, tablet and cellphone (two sizes). The Pennsylvania-based company has sold approximately 1,000 of the bags since the start of production. According to IEP president Thomas Connelly, Jr., the bags use specialized materials engineered to withstand temperatures of 3,200 degrees F on the inside and more than 2,000 degrees F on the outside. “It is pretty substantial,” Connelly told AIN. “On the inside we’ve got two layers of our aluminized Hot-Stop L [fabric] and between those layers we have a 3,200-degree felt as a fire blocker.”
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